Energy independence is a myth

June 22, 2010

All these politicos yammering on about energy independence, and you have to wonder, don't they know any better?

Energy independence is just a myth, worse than a myth, it doesn't make any sense. Because oil is drilled in the United States does not mean it goes to the local gas station. It goes on the world market just like oil drilled anywhere else in the world and is sold at the prevailing price to whoever has the money. We could open up Alaska and all the coasts and everybody's backyard, and if we didn't have the money to pay for it, we're not going to get it. The only thing we can be sure of about oil drilled in this country is if there is a mess, we get the mess.